Suoi Tranh tourist area is located about 9 km south of Phu Quoc city center. In previous years, this place attracted thousands of visitors, but was gradually forgotten by the appearance of newly opened modern entertainment spots. However, the situation of the Covid-19 epidemic has become more complicated in recent days. To avoid crowds, some people have chosen to come here to have fun and have a picnic during the holidays of April 30 and May 1. Coming from Ho Chi Minh City, Mr. Buu and his friends first came to this place through an introduction from a local. He said that he heard that the air here is fresh, pleasant and beautiful, so he came to explore. Luu Thi Ha took a flight from Noi Bai to Phu Quoc on the evening of April 29. Ha said: “During the unpredictable situation of the Covid-19 epidemic, I was afraid to go anywhere. I was very shy. Today is my last day in Phu Quoc, so I chose to rest at Suoi Tranh, which is less crowded to ensure that there are no people around. take care of your health”. “When I come here, I really like it because I can feel the fresh air. Especially, I can soak my feet by this cool stream,” Ha shared. A family of 6 people who are local people also come here to picnic and eat on the 3rd day of a 4-day holiday series on the occasion of April 30 and May 1. They said that this season is sunny and dry, with little rain, so the stream is smaller. Taking advantage of many shallow sections of water, people in this area often organize camping, eating and relaxing on weekends. Vo Thu Ha (An Giang), came to visit the pearl island with her family of 5 adults and 3 children. “The children love swimming in the sea, but because they are afraid to go to crowded places, I took them here to bathe in the stream,” Ha added. Baby Bin (Her sister Ha’s son) plays and bathes in a stream with two children in a fairly shallow water. This is also a rare section with water in this dry season. According to experienced people, if you want to visit and experience Tranh stream, visitors should come here during the rainy season. Suoi Tranh was at that time the most beautiful, cool water, white foam.

Red-eyed carp are raised by many households in streams, with high economic efficiency. A villager in the commune said that he had an affinity with this fish farming. Once he visited a friend in Sa Pa district, Lao Cai province, he saw that people here raise fish in a stream a lot, with little maintenance costs, and easy to sell. When he returned, from the water in the stream near his house, which flowed all year round, he started to raise fish. He chose the rocky slot and dug 4 fishponds with a total area of ​​up to 5,000 m2. In the midst of a pond, he worked more to bring water from the stream. The fingerlings were bought by him from hatcheries, including simple tilapia, carp, grass carp, etc., so the quality of seeds is always guaranteed. In Sin Thau commune, people raise fish entirely on elephant grass, banana leaves, maize and pureed cassava, without using pellets or industrial bran. Therefore, the quality of commercial fish here always ensures the clean element, firm meat, which is favored by many people inside and outside the region. Some households earn more than 200 million VND a year from fish farming taking advantage of the stream flow. But in Khanh Hoa province, where for many generations of Raglai people, T’rin people only know how to catch stream fish, hunt porcupines, and now there are suddenly fish farms with “nationality” all over Europe and Australia . It is a life-changing story in Son Thai commune, Khanh Phu, Khanh Vinh mountainous district. Going to Da Tay mountain area, beside Se Ooc stream (Son Thai commune), visiting Khanh Vinh cold water fish farm, everyone was excited. Between the four mountains and forests, dozens of large and small aquariums with 6,000m2 of water surface to raise sturgeon, snow grouper look very superficial. According to the farm’s technical manager, the cod grouper is a luxury fish, specializing in cold water living in Australia, but brought here still to live well. This farm also breeds sturgeon. The fish here grew faster than the fish raised in Da Lat. Sturgeon in Da Lat raised from 15 to 18 months to be sold, but here only 12 months, the fish had enough weight to bring to the market. Also in Khanh Phu commune, beside the winding Yang Gang, the fish farm of more than 1 ha is leaning against Treo hill (New hamlet), the scene is also very interesting. The fish farm seems to fall into a valley, far from residential areas, but close to the stream, with an area of ​​10,000m2 of water surface. Starting in 2018, the fish are in good season, grow well and give high income. Currently, each kg of fish sold at the source is more than 200,000 VND, about 10 tons of fish per month for sale. Farmers said that in order to get results today, people have gone through many difficulties. At the time of stocking, everything was favorable, the fish grew quickly. But in the first season, when it was ready to sell (each one from 1.6 kg – 1.7 kg), it suddenly died in mass. The fish farmer was shocked. But if they stop, all enthusiasm is considered to be dissolved into smoke. In the end, we gathered and reworked and then learned from experience, so the following cases all gave good results. Raising fish in streams is the most difficult, unfortunately, when it comes to sudden floods. At that time, it was very difficult to protect the fish from overflowing. Therefore, during the rainy season, fish farmers have to take turns “on duty”, if the rain is heavy and the water rises, they must immediately notify everyone to take care of them. The streams are still the same for thousands of generations, but if you have determination, have capital, learn experience and techniques, fish farming here will bring a great source of income.

In recent days, households living in hamlet 3, Bau Phuong village, Chau Pha commune (Phu My town, Ba Ria – Vung Tau province) expressed frustration at the Song Ca stream flowing through the area by an enterprise. On the side of Chau Duc Sonadezi Urban Joint Stock Company (referred to as Chau Duc Sonadezi Company, the address of Suoi Nghe commune, Chau Duc district) blatantly dumped the ground level, encroached upon and manipulated the stream flow, leading to the fact that people do not have water for irrigation, the risk of flooding when the rainy season comes.

People are frustrated by the Song Ca stream being filled with soil, occupied

This is a stream located adjacent to two communes: Suoi Nghe, Chau Duc and Chau Pha districts, Phu My town. There are signs of serious encroachment, if there is no timely preventive measures, it will be in danger of “disappearing”.

According to local people, for more than a week, they discovered that many convoys of the enterprise of Sonadezi Chau Duc company carried soil for leveling, then blatantly poured into Song Ca stream, causing the stream bed to be confiscated. narrow, blocked flow.

Mr. Ly Tau Dung (residing in group 3, Bau Phuong village) said that Song Ca stream is a natural stream with a long history, tens of meters wide and stretches from the foot of Da Den lake to Ba Ria city. year is used for flood drainage, at the same time serving irrigation and people’s daily life. However, recently, a business suddenly stopped the flow of land and encroached upon it.

The incident made many households angry, calling for help to the local government for intervention and prevention.

“My family has more than 7 sao of land to grow fruit trees located adjacent to the stream. Every year, we use water from the stream for irrigation. However, the current state of the stream is being leveled and encroached on seriously, afraid that next time there will be no more water to irrigate. Therefore, we earnestly hope that the local government will soon step in to prevent encroachment ”. Mr. Dung shared.

Enterprises pour land straight into the stream, causing the stream bed to narrow

Like Mr. Dung’s family, there are 9 households that share their frustration and face the situation of lack of water for irrigation because the stream is being “killed”, flooded when the rainy season comes. Meanwhile, the households all use water from the stream for irrigation and living.

According to PV’s record on April 13, the area of ​​Song Ca stream corridor was completely encroached upon, soil and rock were poured straight into the stream, causing some points to be blocked, the current status stretches more than 2km along. along the stream.

Worth mentioning, through observation, in addition to stream leveling, this enterprise is currently placing a pipeline system from the direction of Sonadezi Chau Duc industrial park to the Song Ca stream (suspected waste pipe). However, after being discovered by people and Chau Pha commune authorities, the enterprise poured land on the sewer system to “hide”.

Current status of Song Ca stream upstream, near the flood discharge dam of Da Den lake

Before the people reflected, the People’s Committee of Chau Pha commune sent staff to the scene to record the reality. After that, the People’s Committee of the commune issued a written report, requesting the People’s Committee of Phu My town to send a written petition to the People’s Committee of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province and functional departments to quickly coordinate in inspection and settlement.

According to the petition of the People’s Committee of Chau Pha commune, the time when the functional team checked and recorded the land filling and leveling area was in Suoi Nghe commune, Chau Duc district. The current situation of land overflowing into the stream, preventing the flow of about 1/3 of the stream, the land falling is 5–7m higher than the stream site, no embankment, more than 3km in length (paired with the stream bank).

Authorities determined that the filling of stream land was carried out by Chau Duc Sonadezi Urban Joint Stock Company. Through the comparison of maps, cadastral records, the Song Ca stream is 18-21m wide, in fact this company has dumped soil, leveled up 1/2 of the stream’s width.

People exchange the case with PV (right photo) and petition of the People’s Committee of Chau Pha commune

Chau Pha Commune People’s Committee proposed, this is the main stream, leading from the flood discharge dam of Da Den lake (Song Xoai commune, Phu My town) to the downstream of Song Ca stream, serving for agricultural irrigation and water. living in Chau Pha commune in particular and Ba Ria – Vung Tau province in general.

Therefore, the leveling, encroaching, preventing flow leads to the risk of water shortage for irrigation for households. Moreover, the filling of soil, encroachment on stream land, not building embankments when the rainy season comes, the soil will landslide, blocking the entire stream, causing inundation in the rainy season.

Mr. Nguyen Tan Hiep, Chairman of Chau Pha Commune People’s Committee, said that after checking the status of Song Ca stream was encroached upon, seeing that the case was beyond its authority to resolve, the CPC had to report in writing and request the Town People’s Committee. coordinate with the provincial functional branches in handling and timely settlement.

It is known that earlier in the inspection of the current state of the stream, the Chau Pha commune authorities invited the Sonadezi Chau Duc company to work, but this enterprise did not coordinate.

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